Bringing you the science fiction and fantasy books that you want...one damned episode at a time!

The Once & Future Podcast is a weekly book-centric podcast for readers and writers alike that focuses on all things fantasy and science fiction, talking with today's hottest authors about their books, writing, and general geekery.

This episode we talk with New York Times bestseller Jason Hough about Zero World, coauthoring Mass Effect: Andromeda: Nexus Uprising, and his Dire Earth Cycle series including the latest books Injection Burn and Escape Velocity. We also talk Comic Con International, Dungeons & Dragons, game design, Star Wars, and our dual appearances in the upcoming MECH anthology!

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This episode we talk with hybrid publishing juggernaut Michael J. Sullivan about his amazing self publishing and traditional publishing careers, and his latest book, Age of Swords: Book Two of The Legends of the First Empire series.

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Double the guests, double the fun! This episode I catch up with dear author friends: Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Worship) and Amber Benson (The End of Magic)as we talk about 20 years of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, their semi-secret project together writing BOOM STUDIOS’ Clueless, Barbie comics and beyond, panels, conventions, the benefits of writing groups, way too much bathroom talk, and Amber breaks the silence on having just written an upcoming Lifetimemovie!

An interview for the ages! This episode we talk with author Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant about her many series, including October Daye, Incryptid, Newsflesh, Parisitology and more! We also discuss haunted places, the mad life of writers, fandom and the behaviors within, the Hugo Awards, and the all important act of being kind.

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This episode I chat with dear friend of the show author Christopher Golden, including his latest novel Ararat, being one of the three guys with beards over on the Three Guys With Beards Podcast, his upcoming anthologies Dark Cities and Indigo, writing and publishing, graphic novels, collaboration, 20 years of Buffy goodness, and the strange and neurotic souls of authors.

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On this episode Wizards of the Coast’s Chris Perkins talks game design, his 20+ years with the company, life as a celeb Dungeon Master for Penny Arcade’sAcquisitions Inc., my frenemy Patrick Rothfuss, the history of Dungeons & Dragons, storytelling vs. mechanics in gaming, plus all the cool new RPG products and modern ideology of an ever growing love of gaming including a return to some classic modules in WOTC’s Tales from The Yawning Portal!

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This episode we talk with tech pundit/author extraordinaire Tom Merritt about his 15 years as a podcaster and its pioneer days, including his history with The Screen Savers, Tech TV, CNet, and TWiT. We’ll also delve into his own empire of current shows: The Daily Tech News Show, Sword & Laser, Cordkillers and many, many more. Get ready to learn all about his writing side as we discuss NaNoWriMo, time management, science fiction and his latest time travel novel Pilot X. Plus, The Once & Future PIGcast!

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This week I talk with editor/anthologist Neil Clarke about his latest anthology Galactic Empires, his ten years running Clarkesworld Magazine, its podcast, panels and conventions, owning a bookstore, rejections, his Best Of anthologies, and, as an added bonus: heart stuff!

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This week I talk with author Jason Starr about his new Fox TV’s prequel novel Gotham: Dawn of Darkness! We also get into his roots in crime fiction, writing comics like the Punisher & Wolverine Max series, his Ant-Man prequel novel, and a bunch of other writing chatter you won’t want to miss.

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Anton Strout talks with author Jason Rekulak about The Impossible Fortress, his debut novel with Simon & Schuster, the video game based on the book, his fifteen years working at Quirk Books, going from editor to writer, plus a metric ton of writing and publishing industry talk!

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Anton talks with author Delilah S. Dawson/Lila Bowen about her latest project, BOOM! Studios' LadyCastle comic. They also catch up on all her writing including Star Wars, her Hit series, a Malice of Crows cover reveal, her personal origin story in an anthology, parenting, cartoons, and writing!

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On today’s episode Anton talks thirty years of publishing with author Tad Williams on his return to his epic fantasy world of Osten Ard, his Bobby Dollar urban fantasy books, his Shadowmarch and Otherland series, writing, and most importantly who we’ll eat in pecking order to survive whatever apocalypse hits us first!

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Daniel Jose Older talks about his Bone Street Rhumba urban fantasy series, his YA Shadowshaper series, adventures in being a paramedic, the many paths to publication, Lovecraft and racism, the greatness and awfulness of fandoms, his life in music and band Ghost Star, Star Wars love, plus a metric ton of writing talk!

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This episode has it all! Ryan North does it all! His webcomic Dinosaur Comics, the Adventure Time comics, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, even Jughead! Oh and of course Shakespearean choose your own adventure books and getting stuck in holes! We also talk comic cons, how vampires are REAL, writing, deadlines, and much computer nerdiness!

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This episode I talk with actor John Ross Bowie about his career in entertainment, including music, theater, his Ramones passion project Four Chords & A Gun, and his regular guest role on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory and lead role on ABC’s Speechless.

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This episode I speak with New York Times bestselling author Brent Weeks about his Night Angel Trilogy and his Lightbringer series, including the just released fourth book in it, The Blood Mirror. We also talk beards, gaming, writing, writing while parenting… all kinds of stuff, really.

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